Imagination as a source of rationality in development

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 30 (5-6):462-463 (2007)
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Abstract

Byrne's book makes a strong case for the important role of imagination as a creator of possibilities that are used to understand complex relations, while remaining rational. I suggest that imagination also serves a critical developmental role by creating possibilities that are not rational, and that act to modify the nature of the cognitive processes that are used to define rationality

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